Anonymous wrote:I have no idea how many sexual partners I’ve had. Could be 60. Maybe less? Maybe more? I definitely lost my virginity too young to a coercive older boyfriend, and then didn’t really know how to say no and got myself into some situations I didn’t want to be in. Then one time when I was 19 I did say no, and fought like hell, and it happened anyway. After that I spent a decade or so depressed and promiscuous. I did everything I could to devalue sex. Finally I sought counseling and healed.
I met my husband in my mid-30s and have been happily monogamous since then.
That’s my story. Some people just really enjoy sex and don’t have a moral hang up about a number of partners. If that’s not you, OP, you’re probably not a good match for this person.
+1. Except it wasn’t so much a coercive older boyfriend as it was a coercive adult illegal immigrant who worked at my first summer job. It’s just my opinion of course, but I think there is almost always some trauma lurking underneath there.